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This is personal to me so don't laugh, but I've decided to give up masturbation. I won't go into the lurid details but I've noticed the porn I've been searching up is getting to be uncomfortable to look at or even think about, but I needed it to get off. Thankfully nothing illegal but shit I'd be mortified if anyone found out I was consuming. So I decided to call it quits.
I put a tracker on my phone and I've cleared 24 hours. I've been trying to stay away from sexualized things that might trigger me too. Thankfully my meds already kind of help in suppressing my sex drive by quite a bit. So I hope I can stick with it and try and reset or restart my brain so I can get back into a more healthy mindset when it comes to getting off.
Or I could go full monk and never get myself off ever again, who knows?
Of all of the vices, I think this would be the one most difficult for me to give up. Best of luck with your efforts to forgo it